Jul 16 – Homily – Fr Joachim: History of the Carmelites and the Scapular

Homily #150716n ( 07min) Play - Father tells us of the tradition that there was a company of hermits which gathered on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land after Elijah destroyed the priests of Baal and prayed for rain to come down after three years of complete drought. These hermits were devoted to praying for the coming Messiah and the woman who would become his mother. When Joseph, Mary, and Jesus returned to Nazareth after their exile in Egypt, they stopped and revealed the Messiah to the monks, who were there after devoted to Jesus and His Mother Mary, and are know known as the Carmelite Order. Today we also remember the giving of the Brown Scapular to the Carmerite Order, and Father encourages us all to wear it faithfully, for it reminds us that we are Children of Mary, and that we wear the "yoke of Christ".
Ave Maria!
Mass: Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Feast - Form: OF
Readings: Thursday 15th Week of Ordinary Time

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